by TJJ | Oct 23, 2021 | Actresses, Real life Characters
Of all the world-renowned courtesans of the era, Carolina, La Belle Otero, was too fabulous a character not to include in a major role. It’s hard for us to understand now, just how pre-eminent the courtesans were during the belle époque. As icons, they not only...
by TJJ | Oct 23, 2021 | Real life Characters, Suffragettes
Princess Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh was born in England in 1876, the youngest child of the Maharajah Duleep Singh. I came across this fascinating gentleman while seeking a maharajah for the story (our maharajah is a constructed character, although the existence...
by TJJ | Oct 4, 2021 | Actresses, Real life Characters, Suffragettes
Kitty Marion came from Germany to London when she was 15 years old with the dream of becoming an actress. Her mother had died when she was two, then her stepmother just four years later. Her father was violent and abusive toward the child and she was rescued by an...